You can see in some of the later photos, that the meter backlights are now working. I removed the old 12v Festoon Style Bulbs. They were all blown anyway, and they are always blowing out and getting hot. I replaced them with these "Chinese Bulbs".

They require 12v, and were running too hot on +17v as originally wires. I switched the wiring around to use +17v for the positive and the +5 as the ground for the lights, which gives a nice clean 12v to lights. The color looks very warm like the original lights do, and they do NOT get hot. I would recommend this to any console owner with old "dome light" bulbs in thier console backlights.I used 7 total. One for each of the analog meters, and 4 behind the "Mozart" logo. I also swapped the "paper background" that was diffusing the light behind the logo. The original paper was sort of "paper bag" colored. I changed it to 2 sheets of copy paper, clean white, and the logo looks really nice now.

The cosmetic results speak for them self. Amazing job.My Angela was in a similar condition. It took months of cleaning 20+ years of tobacco out of the console, removing and hand-washing every knob, switch cap, fader, face plate, wood panels, support frame etc...I feel the pain and reward of the amount of time your have spent restoring it.Well done.

You wrote.... "Also, i could hear 60 cycle hum on the stereo outputs on the console. the hum would decrease in level, as I pulled out modules in the console. Once I pulled out enough modules (more than half of them), the voltage started to stabilize, and the hum almost went away. DC Caps replaced. Problem solved. I had to wait around for the Caps to arrive. They had to be the exact caps, because they had to fit exactly in the space. Expensive, but required."

Where did you find those capacitors??? I have been trying to find them!

I guess I should say that I DID find the exact caps on ebay, but listed as "used" and also from the Phillipines, and at $95 plus $40 to ship (REDICULOUS!)... I DID NOT get these, and decided to test some alternatives..

Mouser probably can get the exact caps, but they are a non-stocked item with 8+ weeks lead time, No thanks.

To fit in the space.... 2" Diameter (must be exact) (Terminal Spacing is standard on 2" Caps I am pretty sure)3" Height -- can be no more than 3" in order to get the bottom cover with a 1/4" clearance to prevent the chance of damaging the PS motherboard if it is pushed on by a hard bump.

These are caps currently listed on ebay that will probably work fine for this power supply.

They are on the edge of too tall, but I made them work, by sanding a little of the threaded metal mount down, to make them fit more flush to the PC board. Also, just to play it safe, I also bent the heat vent openings on the bottom cover that could have potentially hit these "tall" caps in the event of a hard hit. I don't like "rigging" things, but so far, they work great, and they were also a good price.

My choice was based on cost per cap. (Try the cheaper ones first) If I had to do it again, I would have gone with the other ones( more money/cap, little less uf ) but, I know they will fit with no "Modifications".

Also note that the MPS15 power supply is really overkill amperage for the 40 channel Mozart loaded with Non-RN modules. I would guess that the entire console draws 8 amps on the +-17v rails. The power supply could probably deliver 14-15 amps. So, going with a 22000uf cap instead of 23000uf caps wont be a problem.

There may be a better source for the exact caps, and if someone knows, please post!

Here's some photos of the Angela. If you look closely at the 3rd one, i've cleaned up to channel 13.The previous owner had it stored in his garage for 8 years. Nearly all pots were seized. The stand had been left out in the weather all this time and had completely rusted.

horizonsound wrote:Here's some photos of the Angela. If you look closely at the 3rd one, i've cleaned up to channel 13.The previous owner had it stored in his garage for 8 years. Nearly all pots were seized. The stand had been left out in the weather all this time and had completely rusted.

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Hi Horizon Sound,

Unfortunately,.... can't see the photos. There is an error on load. Probably, this BBS Server needs an update. I had to post my photos on a 3rd party web server, and then call then as IMG tags.